Thomas Bryant

Cleveland Cavaliers · C

Age 28 · 6'10" · 248 lb · USA

Pick #42, 2017 Draft · Rookie 2018 · 393 games · 31 playoff games

DPM · #273 of 530

-0.8
Offense -0.7 Defense -0.1 Last played May 25, 2026

Game by game

Seismograph

DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.

Season change
+0.28
-1.05 before the first game, -0.77 before the last game
Biggest boost
+0.57
Jan 30 vs PHX · 25 min
Biggest drop
-0.28
Nov 2 vs ATL · 5 min
Typical change per game
0.08
Last 20 games, vs 0.10 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

-0.8 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 518th of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Austin Croshere, 2003-04.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Austin Croshere 2003-0429-0.5 -2.0, -0.5, -2.6, -1.8, -2.4 88
Marvin Williams 2014-1528-1.1 +1.2, +0.5, +0.8, +0.2, +0.2 87
JaMychal Green 2018-1928-0.1 -0.8, 0.0, -1.2, -2.0, under 10 games 86
Matt Bonner 2007-0828-0.4 +2.0, +1.8, +1.6, +2.4, +0.8 86
Shawne Williams 2014-1529-1.3 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Dorell Wright 2013-1428-0.2 +0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Darrell Arthur 2016-1729-0.7 -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Meyers Leonard 2019-2028-0.6 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 85
Cartier Martin 2013-1429-0.6 -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 84
Andres Nocioni 2008-0929-0.8 -1.8, -2.0, -3.2, under 10 games, under 10 games 84

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Thomas's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Historical comps

Echoes today

Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Thomas Bryant's seasons, at the same age.

  1. Jabari Smith Jr. HOU like his 2019-20 88
  2. Leonard Miller CHI like his 2018-19 88
  3. Kel'el Ware MIA like his 2018-19 87
  4. Tristan Vukcevic WAS like his 2019-20 87
  5. Kyle Filipowski UTA like his 2019-20 84

Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Thomas Bryant's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value
$1.8M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$2.3M
Actual
Surplus
-$0.5M
Value minus salary
Seasons left
0.0
Projected
Retires at
29.0
Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Thomas Bryant, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2025-26CLE2860 +912.2-0.77-0.70-0.07518th of 858
2024-25IND2766 +1914.6-1.06-0.98-0.09615th of 924
2023-24MIA2638 +211.6-0.45-0.34-0.11500th of 1010
2022-23DEN2559 +118.3-1.59-1.34-0.25778th of 1078
2021-22WAS242716.3-0.80-1.04+0.24562nd of 1185
2020-21WAS231027.1+0.29+0.01+0.28—
2019-20WAS234624.9+0.55+0.45+0.10204th of 1100
2018-19WAS217220.8-0.39-0.35-0.05162nd of 571
2017-18LAL20154.8-1.74-1.71-0.03—

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 2.3 projected minutes and a pace of 95.3.

Thomas Bryant, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points22.71.0
Rebounds12.90.6
Offensive3.50.2
Defensive9.40.4
Assists2.00.1
Steals1.20.1
Blocks1.90.1
Turnovers2.00.1
3-pt attempts10.40.5
FG attempts18.30.8
FT attempts4.30.2
FG% · 3P% · FT%44.9% · 33.2% · 78.8%